jemmy

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Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

1. (archaic, British, slang) A baked sheep's head.
2. (Australia, slang) An immigrant.
3. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.
   • , Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     your friend in the green jemmy

4. Alternative spelling of jimmy crowbar.

Verb

jemmy

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

2. Alternative spelling of jimmy open with a crowbar.

Adjective

jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)

1. (archaic) spruce; elegant.

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